I am so excited to share this last set. In some ways it is my favorite. Probably because Ryan and I are friends with them so we know how much they laugh together as a couple and how laid back they are. These pictures really focus on that lighthearted side.

Todd grabbed his guitar and serenaded us to a haunting little medley as well as a “colorful” rendition of “Following the Leader”- Peter Pan. Between all of us laughing and gabbing we were able to wrap up this session successfully!

Todd grabbed some of his mom’s old records to throw in a few shots.

Todd decided to get the laughing ball rolling by throwing his head back and doing some ridiculous fake laughter which eventually turned into genuine belly laughter by all of us.

Got it together for a few more serious ones.

Heading in for one last change. I haven’t mentioned that this amazing location is my wonderful, godly mentors farm. It is a virtual goldmine of backgrounds. Mary doesn’t understand why we want to come out there and shoot, she just can’t see how all these “old” things and rustic backgrounds work into photo shoots. I think we could shoot there a hundred times before running out of original spaces. Thank you Mary and Ronnie!!!

It’s SMORES time! Sara and Todd are huge campers. I thought it would be fun to make some smores and wrap up the night with a campfire. Really, how can you go wrong with smores? Everybody was a gooey winner with strings of sticky marshmallow on their chins by the end.

Flaming mallows…fire, fire, fire. My favorite comment of the night by Ryan, “Sara, where did you get that sweatshirt, I can’t tell?” Love sarcasm….LURVE it.

Sara and Todd, there are no words to express how much fun this shoot was. You rocked it out outfit change after outfit change. Thank you for going the extra mile in styling this shoot. There was so much to inspire and work with. Your marriage and friendship is such a blessing to us. Thank you for giving us one of the best photo shoots ever!!! We love you guys. ~ The Pantis’s

Sara Ernst

This entire shoot was amazing and a bowl of laughs and fun…obviously! Oh the music, oh the rotting stumps, oh the s’mores…mmmm, s’mores! We can never thank you guys enough for doing this…actually I guess I can kind of thank you in the spring, can’t I? You know what I mean, we love you guys inside and out and you definitely got all sides of US in a way we had only hoped for! Love ya’ll…see you soon! The Pantis reigns!

December 16, 2009·

kelley

i have LOVED all three sessions of these two, but i especially love this one for all the genuine laughing and tender moments between them that you capture…oh and the styling was bananas!! great job per usual!!